The Manhandling in Bolton Landing! (updated)

OK, it’s not The Thrilla in Manila, but with enough time — and perhaps a little reader assistance — we’ll be able to come up with a better monicker for this evening’s altercation between Carl “Network” Paladino, Michael “Spats” Caputo and Fred “Fred” Dicker.

Asreported by YNN’s Mike Whittemore and videotaped (thank you, Lord) by Kaitlyn Ross, the donnybrook took place at the Sagamore in Bolton Landing, where Paladino was addressing a meeting of the Business Council.

Outside that gathering, Dicker asked Paladino to provide evidence of a charge he had made to Maggie Haberman of Politico in an interviewthat appeared on line late in the afternoon: that Cuomo had been unfaithful to his former wife, Kerry Kennedy.

Paladino refused to provide that evidence, and accused Dicker of sending a photographer in pursuit of pictures of his 10-year-old daughter — the child of Paladino’s own extramarital affair. Dicker denied the charge, and Paladino’s accusation that the journalist was a “bird dog” or “stalking horse” for Cuomo.

After Paladino peeled off, Dicker came close to physical confrontation with Caputo. “You’re off our Christmas card list,” said the campaign manager.

Update: For the parallax view, here’s WRGB’s video of the same encounter — an angle that makes it easy to hear Paladino’s choice verb-pronoun combo the first time Caputo moves in to block Dicker.